NewsWhore
01-10-2007, 04:50 PM
The Dominican Republic Supreme Court has set a new series of criteria relating to paternity suits and the legal recognition of children. The high court now recognizes the use of DNA testing to confirm paternity and accepts the tests as exceptions to those offered to the presumption of non-paternity as contained in Article 312 of the Civil Code. The case proceeded from an appeal relating to a child who was apparently not the son of a woman's husband. The tribunal also acted on the situation of children born out of wedlock. Called "natural" children in Dominican jurisprudence, these children could be the result of adultery, incest or relations between an unmarried couple. According to the court, denial of parental recognition of these children was in violation of the Constitution and the International Convention on the Rights of Children. The court said that all children have the right to be recognized, above and beyond the relationship that procreated them, and therefore the parents may not deny the child the proper last names s/he is entitled to.
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